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Harald H.R. Agterhuis

Data Centres · AI Infrastructure · FinTech · SaaS

Harald H.R. Agterhuis

Founder · Amsterdam · Dubai

  • 30 Years
  • 35-Day Median Shortlist
  • 8 in 10 Retention @12mo
  • 3 Corridors
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Harald doesn't hand off a mandate — he signs it, works it, and closes it himself. Thirty years running cross-border technology searches across all corridors have taught him that most job briefs are wrong until tested; he reworks them before he starts. The discipline shows: a 35-day median shortlist and eight in ten placements still in role after a year. Clients call him one of the most trusted names in the search industry. Considering a mandate? Ask Harald what he'd change about the brief first.
AMSTERDAM·DUBAI·ALL CORRIDORS

From the record

Two decades of client testimony.

Selected testimony from mandates led by Harald H.R. Agterhuis, now founder of Sercxi. Verbatim on LinkedIn; excerpted here. Verify on LinkedIn ↗

One of the few who can handle sensitive assignments with grace and dignity. Among the most trusted people in the search industry.

Board member, digitisation & capitalisation — client

High integrity. Always does what he says he will do. A leader who gets something done when others cannot.

Capability architect — peer

Hired for three reasons: a massive network rigorously maintained, creativity in working around issues, and drive to make the result happen.

SaaS founder — repeat client

A different approach — unusual, worth trying. In limited time, the required quota was delivered without any concession on quality.

COO, Dutch enterprise sales — client

Reads between the lines of a CV. Fit judged on attitude, experience and intelligence — not paper. Will challenge the client to think outside the box when that is what the match requires.

Programme director, industrial development — client

Executive searcher for Continental Europe — Senior Director and VP level across Digital, Data Science, Analytics and Consulting. A real recruitment partner to country managers and VPs in a highly matrixed organisation.

Global head of talent acquisition — line manager

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Brief the mandate. Partner-led follow-up within 24 hours.